PatternsRadar vs Moneycontrol stock screener
Moneycontrol's screener is a utility inside a news portal, and a good one for a first pass. PatternsRadar is a screener that is the whole product. Moneycontrol wins on context, with quotes, financials, shareholding and news beside the results, and on fundamentals filters. PatternsRadar wins on what a technical screen can express, on delivery data, and on the replay attached to every scan. Both are free to use, so the comparison is about depth.
| Capability | PatternsRadar | Moneycontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Free screening | Everything, no account | Yes, the screener is free; Pro buys content rather than screener depth |
| Technical screening | 42 indicators, patterns, event conditions, any parameters | Named screens and threshold filters: RSI zones, MACD crossovers, moving averages, breakouts |
| Query model | Sift, write any condition | Menu filters; no expressions |
| Event conditions (crossed above within, has been above for) | Yes | No |
| Scan backtesting | Every scan; window, horizons, entry, stop and target all configurable | No |
| Delivery % screening | Scannable and backtestable | Shown on quote pages; not confirmed as a screener filter |
| Fundamentals filters | P/E, market cap, growth, shareholding. Point-in-time, coverage still backfilling | Yes: P/E, book value, growth, dividend yield, market cap |
| Quotes, news, financials, shareholding beside the results | No | Yes, the portal's core |
| Data timing | End-of-day | Real-time quotes; screener refreshes on a schedule |
| Split-adjusted daily history | 30 years, any past session scannable | Current values only |
| Alerts | EOD email on watched scans; webhooks on Max | Price alerts on the portal; none on screens |
| REST API + MCP for agents | Every plan, including Free | No |
| Paid plans | ₹400–2,000/month | Pro from roughly ₹499–999/year (news, ad-free, portfolio tools) |
Moneycontrol's screener is free. Pro pricing as quoted by third-party reviews on 2026-08-28 varies with promotions (roughly ₹499–999/year, sometimes ₹99/month) and could not be verified on moneycontrol.com, which blocks automated checks. Verify on their site. This page is maintained by PatternsRadar. Competitor capabilities as generally available at the time of writing; verify current features on their site.
The differences that matter
Both free; different ceilings
Neither tool charges to screen, so the honest comparison is what each can express. Moneycontrol's filters answer which stocks are below RSI 30 today, and they do it instantly beside the news. They cannot answer which stocks crossed back above 30 within three sessions while holding the 200-day, on delivery above its norm. That is a sentence about sequence and context. Sift exists for sentences like it; Moneycontrol's screener was never meant for them.
A named screen is a belief until it is tested
'MACD CrossOver Signal Line' is a fine screen to have on a list. What no market-stats page can tell you is how often that crossover has been followed by a move, on which stocks, over what horizon. Here the same condition is a preset with a replay panel. Set the window anywhere up to every session since 1995, pick the horizons, add a stop and a target, measure it against an index, and read the limits beside the numbers.
Context there, expression here
Moneycontrol's real advantage is everything around the screener: the quote page, financials, shareholding tracker, news, SWOT, all one click away. This has none of that and does not pretend to. Keep reading there and run the scans here.
Which should you use?
When Moneycontrol is the right choice
Use Moneycontrol's screener for a quick, free first pass in the place you already read: fundamental and technical threshold filters, named technical screens, real-time quotes, and the portal's news, financials, shareholding and SWOT beside every result. For a quick sort before reading further, it is hard to beat.
When PatternsRadar is the right choice
Use PatternsRadar when the screen needs to say more than a threshold: a query language with event conditions, delivery percentage and F&O fields, a replay on every scan, thirty years of history, alerts on scans rather than on prices, an API. Free to screen, ₹400/month for evening alerts.
Common questions
What is the difference between Moneycontrol's screener and PatternsRadar?
Depth and surroundings. Moneycontrol's is a free filter page inside India's largest finance portal, with thresholds, named screens, quotes and news alongside. PatternsRadar is a free technical screener with a query language, delivery data and a configurable replay on every scan, and nothing else around it.
Does Moneycontrol's stock screener have backtesting?
No. Screens return today's matches only, and nothing there replays a screen against history. The replay here runs every scan across any window up to thirty years and reports win rate, median move, payoff and index-excess over the forward horizons you choose.
Can Moneycontrol's screener filter on delivery percentage?
Delivery figures appear on Moneycontrol's quote pages, but I could not confirm delivery as a screener filter, so this page claims nothing either way. Check the filter list there. Here delivery_pct is a query field like close or volume, and conditions on it are backtestable.